
Katharine Houghton
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Katharine Houghton (born Katharine Houghton Grant; March 10, 1945) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Joanna "Joey" Drayton, a Caucasian woman who brings home an African-American fiancé to meet her parents, in the 1967 film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Katharine Hepburn, who played the mother of Houghton's character in the film, was in real life Houghton's aunt. Description above from the Wikipedia article Katharine Houghton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

The Last Airbender
as Katara's Grandma
2010

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
as Joanna "Joey" Drayton
1967

The Gardener
as Ellen Bennett
1974

Sidney
as Self
2022

Ethan Frome
as Mrs. Hale
1993

Kinsey
as Mrs. Spaulding
2004

The Night We Never Met
as Less
1993

Mr. North
as Mrs. Skeel
1988

Billy Bathgate
as Charlotte
1991

A Special Kind of Love
as Self
2008

A Love Story of Today
as Self
2008

The Eyes of the Amaryllis
as Isabel
1982

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
as Self
2002

Let It Be Me
as Homeless Woman
1995



